Brandon Jones on Xfinity Pole at Kansas Playoff Race

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KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Brandon Jones earned his third pole of 2024 in Xfinity qualifying at Kansas Speedway on Saturday. He ran a fastest lap of 175.553 mph. Jones, a five-time winner in the series, collected his 11th pole. Chandler Smith, fastest of the Xfinity playoff drivers, joined Jones on the front row with a speed of 175.291 mph, representing Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 81 Toyota.

The defending Xfinity champion and 2024 regular season champion Cole Custer was the fastest Ford, qualifying third for Stewart-Haas Racing, and the winner at Watkins Glen International, Connor Zilisch, ended the session fourth. Zilisch will make only his second start in the series driving in the JRM No. 88. Zilisch’s teammate and playoff driver Sam Mayer completed the top-five.

Aric Almirola will start sixth, while playoff drivers Jesse Love, Parker Kligerman, Justin Allgaier and Austin Hill round out the top 10.
Of the remaining playoff drivers, Sammy Smith and AJ Allmendinger start in row seven, and Sheldon Creed and Riley Herbst share the eighth row. Shane van Gisbergen was slowest of the playoff drivers in 22nd.